Ku, a DNA repair protein with multiple cellular functions?

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 434, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-15

  Featherstone, Carol ^a   Jackson, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA double strand break repair; DNA repair; DNA dependent protein kinase; Ku70; Ku80; Nonhomologous end joining; Telomeres; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; KU ANTIGEN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033006852     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8777(99)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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